Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

Why would the #JCVI make such a narrow & limited assessment?

And why would their remit be confined to serious illness & hospitalisations in children from #COVID19 when there are so many other issues to consider?

Anyone?

@MHRAgovuk @RCPCHtweets @CMO_England @uksciencechief
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https://twitter.com/dminghella/status/1433826436633272338

Not to consider #LongCovidKids when so many children are affected is utterly bizarre?

Who advised them not to include #LongCovid?
Does this omission not make their conclusion null & void?

@dgurdasani1 @chrischirp @Zubhaque @Dr2NisreenAlwan @IndependentSage @LongCovidKids
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https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1433800639058939910

Why not “look at” deaths #JCVI?

The number of children dying of #COVID is thankfully v small, but it is not zero.

We should be aiming for NO CHILD deaths from a disease that we have a safe vaccine against & know how to ⬇️ transmission of.
Why aren’t we?
@PHE_uk
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https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1433868577900216320

No consideration of the effect on parents, siblings,close family members?
How many more children need to be unnecessarily bereaved or orphaned?
The stress & anxiety for teens & children knowing they could bring #COVID into their homes cannot be underestimated.
@HearTheStudent
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And educational disruption?

That’s all that @UsforThemUK, the #CRG & @hartgroup_org with their @Conservatives MP & celebrity entourage, have been banging on about for months?
More kids & staff will be off/miss school with #COVID if the <16s are denied vaccination!
@CommonsEd
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Whilst this obviously won’t be considered in the #JCVI discussions, millions of #NHS staff have school-aged children.
The knock on effect of lots more infections in school children will be ⬆️ #NHS staff sickness & further avoidable disruption/delays to #COVID & non#Covid care.
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Based on the #JCVI decision on #COVIDVaccination for 12-15yr olds, perhaps they’ll want to rethink the #Flu vaccine programme?
Children don’t live or function in isolation, they interact w/ so many others every day, it’s completely disingenuous to consider them as if they do.
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https://twitter.com/AlisonGeorge10/status/1434144343485464580

Over this weekend I’ve seen MANY completely unvaccinated adults in their 20s,30s, 40s & 50s who have school aged children.
Their kids have either just returned or will return to school tomorrow.
Despite my best attempts, I persuaded only a handful to consider vaccination.
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Unvaccinated parents, mostly unvaccinated children, schools w/ ZERO MITIGATIONS & a desperately worrying starting point👇🏼.

The repeated failure of @10DowningStreet to act in a proactive way, to try to get ahead of the curve will cost the ppl of this country v dearly, again!
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#COVIDisAirborne #VaccinateAndMitigate #FirstDoNoHarm

@BorisJohnson @SC_HealthSocial @Jeremy_Hunt @nadhimzahawi @JonAshworth @LaylaMoran @AppgCoronavirus @HoppySaul @karamballes @ahmedaftab68 @NjbBari3 @SGriffin_Lab @cv_cev @Parents_Utd @MaryBoustedNEU @KateGreenSU @peterkyle